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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What film of the Auteur's is described in Chapter 8 as being "about the failure of the American Dream"?
(a) Apocalpyse Now.
(b) Hard Knock.
(c) The Thin Red Line.
(d) Venice Beach.

2. What does the narrator brush over the letters from his aunt in order to see the hidden messages in Chapter 4?
(a) Milk.
(b) Iodine.
(c) Salt water.
(d) Sugar water.

3. Of what ethnicity is the actor who plays Danny Boy in the Auteur's film?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) Filipino.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Chinese.

4. For how many years does the narrator say he lived in the villa with the General when the Fall of Saigon occurred in Chapter 1?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. What is the name of the Congressman's wife?
(a) Miranda.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Rita.
(d) Lena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of camera does the narrator describe carrying in the hidden compartment of his rucksack?

2. What kind of traditional dress does the narrator describe Lana having worn as a girl in Chapter 7?

3. How does the narrator describe having broken the Watchman during interrogation in Chapter 11?

4. What film of the Auteur's is described in Chapter 8 as "A critically lauded movie about the travails of Greek American youth in the inflamed streets of Detroit"?

5. Who is the dictator of the Philippines when the narrator leaves in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bon and what is his relationship to the narrator?

2. Who is Claude? How does the narrator know this character?

3. Who are the "Vietnamese" actors in The Hamlet with speaking roles and how are they described?

4. How does the narrator become involved in the production of the film The Hamlet?

5. How would you describe the narrator's relationships with his parents?

6. Who is the Congressman and how is his character first introduced?

7. How is the theme of sympathy explored in Chapter 12?

8. Whom does the narrator become entranced by at the wedding in Chapter 7? Why?

9. How does the narrator become injured in Chapter 11?

10. What does the narrator fear when he is called in to speak with the General at the opening of the store in Chapter 5? Why?

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